Garden embroidery

Embroidery has been around forever — the earliest surviving pieces of this craft are Scythian, dated to between the 5th and 3rd centuries BCE. Virtually every culture has some form of it in their textile art history.

As is always the way, the final leg of the stumpwork garden only took about half an hour. First I finished the last of the kale/chard slubby silk picots. I was a little uncertain about them to star…

It's already a beautiful day here in the garden of England, although sadly I will be stuck to my pc all morning, bashing out an essay which is due in by lunchtime - arghhhhh!!! Before I hit the books, I wanted to show you this beautiful piece of embroidery that I found in a charity shop a few weeks ago. It was rather shrouded in a tatty old frame with dirty glass, but underneath was revealed this charming piece of vintage embroidery. This quintessential English cottage garden scene is my…

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In this tutorial, Lily’s Garden will show you how to make Tulip Flower Embroidery. This is a very easy pattern and a great project for all level. Enjoy!

Herbaceous Border Embroidery Kit Kit includes printed background, yarns, a mixture of hand -dyed threads, pure silk, fine wool, and stranded cotton on a thread organiser, needle and pure silk fabric for the Poppies.

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Moscow-based fiber artist Rosa Andreeva crafts quaint gardens complete with tufts of moss, floating pollen, and cracked teacups made of silk. Teeming with whimsy, the dense embroideries balance tight stitches with loose ends that form the three-dimensional thistle heads, violet pansies, and various florals. To create the fairytale scenes, Andreeva first sketches the flora andContinue reading "Whimsical Gardens Grow From Silk Teacups and Mossy Patches in Rosa Andreeva’s Embroideries"